[5] In 2015, it was ranked as the 283rd best high school in the United States by U.S. News & World Report, with a student/teacher ratio of 13:1.

[6] The school offers numerous extracurricular activities in academics, athletics, the arts, music, and the sciences.

As such, it competes against other public schools in Nassau County, New York in baseball, basketball, bowling, badminton, cheerleading, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, track and field, tennis, volleyball, and wrestling.

In November 2008, the Girls' Tennis team beat previously defeated Westhampton Beach High School in the Long Island Championship.

The school's research program has attained nationwide recognition through student success in the Intel Science Talent Search competition.

[15] In January 2008, the school produced six Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists, the second highest total on Long Island.

[18] A student from Schreiber was selected to be one of the top ten winners of the Intel Science Talent Search 2008, winning a scholarship of $20,000.

The newspaper now publishes 24 page monthly issues that include sections about News, Features, Opinions, Arts and Entertainment, and Sports.